Click to see bigger. (Someday, I will finally get around to increasing the width of my main column on my template, so that my photos don't have to be so teensy. That will probably happen around the same time I re-instate my lost blogroll. And organize my closet. Which would probably make me the type of person who folds underwear before stuffing it into the drawer, so maybe it won't be happening anytime soon.)
This was from Annika's photo shoot with Ariana, who's been tutoring her on the weekends to help her catch up in school. Annika thought pretending to be asleep on Ariana's arm would be funny. Frankie had other ideas.
The tutoring is Ariana's bat mitzvah project, but she also asked if there was a place where people could donate to the transplant kid camp that Anni will attend this summer. So I shoe-horned a page into the U of M Transplant Center donation network. This camp is all volunteer-run, funded with donations, and Annika hasn't stopped talking about it since she found out she could go this summer.
Just from the look of her I can see why your girls would adore her (they do, don't they?)!
The camp sounds amazing - how cool that Annika will be fit enough to attend it!
Posted by: Hannah | June 18, 2009 at 01:45 AM
Hooray for summer camp!!!
Posted by: liz | June 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM
those are great photos! and ariana sounds like a wonderful mentor. yay for summer camp!!!
Posted by: kathy a. | June 20, 2009 at 07:01 PM
hey moreena! i'm relocating to chicago in the fall and while looking for work, came across a position at the american liver foundation... made me wonder how the tiede family is doing! your daughters are lovely as always -- hope you're enjoying the summer!
- the older anni
Posted by: anni | July 01, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Does it count if you carefully fold your underwear before putting it in the drawer, but the rest of the clean laundry rests at the end of your bed and eventually lands on the floor? (Clean pile at foot of bed, dirty pile by closet?)
My logic: Must keep track of undies. The rest is negotiable as to varying states of cleanliness, wrinkles, etc.
Posted by: Deborah | July 09, 2009 at 07:30 AM
Hi Moreena and Annika
I haven't checked in for a while and was so happy to read about your fun summer plans. Also, bizarrely to hear that Jorg's father is in Bremen where my mum is also from! We're having a blissful summer in England trying to avoid the swine flu which has reared its ugly head here quite scarily. Kids enjoying all manner of outdoor activities, frog-catching, river damming, berry picking, and mud-loving just like yours. Hope that EBV stays under control and glad that school is going so well.
Best wishes,
Joanna & Jessica
Posted by: Joanna | July 23, 2009 at 07:21 AM
hoping all is going well. i think of you all often.
Posted by: kathy a. | August 17, 2009 at 07:50 PM
hi, i haven't read here in months, but thought about you and your daughters last nite. they're growing beautifully! i hope you've had a good summer.
Posted by: heiresschild | August 26, 2009 at 02:37 AM
add my voice to the throng--just checking in to learn that the summer has been the best ever. please advise
Posted by: paige | August 26, 2009 at 07:56 PM
Hoping everything is okay with your family. Missing your posts.
Posted by: Christine | September 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Just checking in -- I hope you're just busy with the chaos of school starting, and enjoying the fall.
Posted by: paige | September 17, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Hi Morena! I just found this and put it on my blog... I will twitter about it also!
Love,
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy Real | September 17, 2009 at 07:20 PM
Miss your posts. Hope all is well.
Posted by: Maggie | September 21, 2009 at 08:15 AM
I check here like a schmuck. Hope all is well with you and your family. xo Catherine
Posted by: Catherine | September 21, 2009 at 04:43 PM
Thinking about you all. Hoping everyone is well and happy and busy
Posted by: liz | October 01, 2009 at 09:36 AM
Happy Anniversary, sweet Annika - and a wonderful birthday month to you all (hopefully dull and boring compared to the last one, but nonetheless happy!).
All the best,
Posted by: Hannah | October 11, 2009 at 03:24 AM
Happy Birthdays to you all (I don't remember the dates and don't have time to go through the archives, but I know you're all this month)!
Hoping that all is well and that much cake is consumed!
Posted by: Kirsty | October 23, 2009 at 05:36 AM
just dropping by. hope all is well. must bookmark this blog, as i keep losing it :(
take care, and much love to everyone.
Sarah, Peter and the Girls.
Posted by: sarah | October 28, 2009 at 01:36 AM
Wishing you all happy birthdays and sending you love.
Posted by: liz | November 09, 2009 at 08:56 AM
Hope no posts means that Annika continues to flourish and that your family is enjoying life.
Posted by: sarah | November 10, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Wonderful energy here
Posted by: maggie may | November 16, 2009 at 06:39 PM